Today, students from Lupton Jr. High, Sumiton Middle, Oakman Middle, and Carbon Hill Elementary Schools filled the Bevil State Community College – Rowland Hall Auditorium. After finishing 10 weeks in the Super Citizen Program, they are gathered to celebrate their accomplishments and honor local heroes from the stage.
These students have learned their important roles in America’s future thanks to an immersive experience in civics, character, financial literacy and social studies. And in the closing piece of the program, Torch Teams (or “Helping Hands” for the younger students), students are applying those crucial lessons in the real world. They chose heroes who embodied the traits of amazing citizens and read essays from stage before presenting them with Authentic Liberty Replicas & Liberty Pins. They learned that “when you honor a hero, you become a hero!”
See the Torch Teams & Helping Hands Heroes honored today in the photo gallery below!
Today’s event and the donation of Super Citizen teaching kits was made possible by the Walker County Community Alliance. With their help, we are teaching, inspiring and empowering our Next Great Americans.
Were you at the event? See the photo gallery below to find yourself, to revisit the magic or watch it unfold for the first time >
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- Lily, Ila Fair, Mary Grace, & Major lead their classmates in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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- Carbon Hill Principal Amy Atkins is honored as a Helping Hands Hero and Cody shares all about her.
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- Kal’el tells everyone why Carbon Hill chose Kristy McGinnis as a Helping Hands Hero.
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- Officer Mark Bell is honored as a Helping Hands Hero by Madison and his friends at Lupton Junior High!
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- Caron Hill SRO Officer Danny Alexander is honored as a Torch Team Hero by Jacorie.
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- Jacob Butler & Tracie Sutton are honored as Carbon Hill Torch Team Heroes and Anna shares all about them.
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- Conner tells everyone why he and his friends as Carbon HIll chose his mom Mandy Pierce as a Torch Team Hero.
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- Lupton Jr High Nurse Brandy Cooksey is honored as a Torch Team Hero and Brooklyn tells us all about her.
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- Kenlsey, Austin and their friends at Summiton tell everyone why Nurse Brandy Kitchens is honored as a Torch Team Hero.
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- Oakman honors Officer Jay Miller as a Torch Team Hero and Faith tells us all about him.
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- Angie Sanford is honored as an Oakman Torch Team Hero and Hannah & Kamden tell us all about why!
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- Kaly, Addie, Ally, and their friends at Oakman honor Jack Spradlin as a Torch Team Hero!
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- Super Citizens lead everyone in our tour anthem.
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- The students filled the room with their voices as they sang “YOU in the USA.”
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- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
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- We love seeing the students excited to sing along to our tour anthem!
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- U.S.A.!
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- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
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- Walker County Schools Helping Hands & Torch Team Heroes!